1993 Rome church bombings

The 1993 Rome church bombings occurred on 27 July 1993, when the Sicilian Mafia launched car bomb attacks on the Basilica of San Giorgio in Velabro and the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome, Lazio. The explosions occurred 22 minutes apart, and just three hours after the Via Palestro massacre. The Rome bombings injured 22 people and dealt serious damage to the churches.